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Hong Kong police anger has reached boiling point after force is cast as public enemy in extradition bill fiasco while protesters break law at will, insiders say
An insider said officers had never been so angry, and it was not down to the frequent verbal assaults they endured, but because society glorified the radical protesters and put all the blame on the force.
A sergeant lost part of a finger while a constable was kicked off an escalator and brutally assaulted by youths as he fell to the ground. Two officers were initially in a critical condition after they were hit by hard objects, believed to be bricks, in the head and stomach respectively.
“It seems everything the protesters do can be justified and forgiven, even when they attack us with rods and bite off one of our fingers. But whatever we do is wrong,” said the source, who attended Monday’s meeting.
“Many Hongkongers have lost their rationality. We, as law enforcers, uphold the rule of law but now we cannot even exercise the power given to us by the law.
“What else can we do?”
Another senior officer, speaking about their frustrations, said it appeared the force had become the public enemy during the ongoing political fiasco over the now-suspended bill, adding that he dared not tell people: “I am a police officer.”
He was saddened and frustrated with the force’s tolerant approach to violent protesters during clashes at recent rallies.
“They broke the law in front of us, but we were asked to let the lawbreakers go. Protesters will think we are useless,” he said. “They will become brazen and use more violent action next time.”
“When a few of us are surrounded and assaulted by 30 to 40 protesters with metal rods, umbrellas and bricks, better protective gear may just help us buy five more seconds from injury. Don’t forget, the protesters grabbed our helmets. They really want to kill us,” one detective said.
The second detective, whose legs were bruised in clashes, said protesters threw full plastic bottles from a height at his head and beat him up in the mall as he was helping people to leave. A cola bottle burst open on his helmet, he said.
“I was like a dartboard. Protesters kept throwing objects at me,” he said. “It was like the movie Train to Busan. Protesters are like zombies. Any officers acting alone will certainly die in such violent clashes as protesters outnumber us and we are trapped.”
link to the full article:-
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-police-anger-has-reached-boiling-point-after
An insider said officers had never been so angry, and it was not down to the frequent verbal assaults they endured, but because society glorified the radical protesters and put all the blame on the force.
A sergeant lost part of a finger while a constable was kicked off an escalator and brutally assaulted by youths as he fell to the ground. Two officers were initially in a critical condition after they were hit by hard objects, believed to be bricks, in the head and stomach respectively.
“It seems everything the protesters do can be justified and forgiven, even when they attack us with rods and bite off one of our fingers. But whatever we do is wrong,” said the source, who attended Monday’s meeting.
“Many Hongkongers have lost their rationality. We, as law enforcers, uphold the rule of law but now we cannot even exercise the power given to us by the law.
“What else can we do?”
Another senior officer, speaking about their frustrations, said it appeared the force had become the public enemy during the ongoing political fiasco over the now-suspended bill, adding that he dared not tell people: “I am a police officer.”
He was saddened and frustrated with the force’s tolerant approach to violent protesters during clashes at recent rallies.
“They broke the law in front of us, but we were asked to let the lawbreakers go. Protesters will think we are useless,” he said. “They will become brazen and use more violent action next time.”
“When a few of us are surrounded and assaulted by 30 to 40 protesters with metal rods, umbrellas and bricks, better protective gear may just help us buy five more seconds from injury. Don’t forget, the protesters grabbed our helmets. They really want to kill us,” one detective said.
The second detective, whose legs were bruised in clashes, said protesters threw full plastic bottles from a height at his head and beat him up in the mall as he was helping people to leave. A cola bottle burst open on his helmet, he said.
“I was like a dartboard. Protesters kept throwing objects at me,” he said. “It was like the movie Train to Busan. Protesters are like zombies. Any officers acting alone will certainly die in such violent clashes as protesters outnumber us and we are trapped.”
link to the full article:-
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-police-anger-has-reached-boiling-point-after